Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch personally called the wife of yungerman Rav Avraham Ben Dayan late Sunday night to offer chizuk and encouragement after her husband was taken into military custody, just four months after the couple’s wedding.

According to the report, the Rosh Yeshiva spoke with the young woman and sought to calm her fears following her husband’s transfer to the military police.

During the conversation, Rav Hirsch offered a clear reassurance regarding the length of the detention. “With Hashem’s help, they will do the maximum that can be done. With Hashem’s help, he will be released in a few days,” the Rosh Yeshiva told her.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that Reb Avraham, a talmid of Yeshivas Me’or HaTalmud, had been sentenced to ten days of detention in a military prison.

The incident that led to the arrest occurred over the past Shabbos, when Reb Avraham was visiting the community of Tifrach. While there, he was stopped by a traffic officer on suspicion of a traffic violation. During the check, the officer determined that Reb Avraham had been classified as a “deserter” after failing to report to the draft office. He was taken to a local police station and subsequently transferred to the military police.

In the wake of the arrest, the case has sparked strong reactions within the chareidi community. Separate claims by the family alleged that the army prevented the detained yungerman from putting on tefillin on Sunday, an allegation that prompted the IDF to say it is examining the details of the complaint.

Public anger over the arrest spilled into the streets on Sunday night, when hundreds of protesters blocked the entrance to the police station and Route 241 at the entrance to the city of Ofakim. Police forces dispatched to the scene arrested three demonstrators and used crowd-control measures to disperse the protest, including stun grenades.

{Matzav.com}